Image forming apparatus

Abstract

There is provided an image forming apparatus. A storage unit stores a second table tabulating a usage amount when a user uses an apparatus for each identifier for tabulation separately from a first table in which user information is registered for each identifier for authentication of the user. A reception unit receives a user identifier. A registration unit registers the user identifier in the second table as an identifier for tabulation, when the received user identifier establishes an authentication by a verification in the identifier for authentication registered in the first table, and is not registered in the second table.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
 a memory that stores a second table tabulating a usage amount when a user uses an apparatus for each identifier for tabulation separately from a first table in which user information is registered for each identifier for authentication of the user; 
 and a CPU configured to function as:
 a reception unit that receives a user identifier; and 
 a registration unit that registers the user identifier in the second table as an identifier for tabulation, when the received user identifier establishes an authentication by a verification in the identifier for authentication registered in the first table, and is not registered in the second table. 
 
 
     
     
       2. An image forming apparatus comprising:
 a memory that stores a second table tabulating usage amounts of a document when a user uses an apparatus for each user identifier and each organization identifier, separately from a first table in which user information including the organization identifier of an organization to which the user belongs is registered for each user identifier of the users; 
 and a CPU configured to function as:
 a reception unit that receives the user identifier; 
 a registration unit that registers the user identifier in the second table and registers information indicating the organization identifier of the user or that the user does not belong to any organization based on the user information in the second table, when the user identifier which is received by the reception unit establishes an authentication by a verification in the first table, and is not registered in the second table; and 
 
 a tabulation unit that performs tabulation processing of the usage amounts of a document with respect to the user identifier registered in the second table. 
 
     
     
       3. The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a permission unit that permits use of the apparatus in a range of restricted information previously set with respect to the user identifier in which the information indicating not belonging to any organization is registered by the registration unit. 
 
     
     
       4. An image forming apparatus comprising:
 a memory that stores a first table in which user information including an organization identifier of an organization to which a user belongs is registered for each user identifier of the user, and a second table tabulating usage amounts of a document when the user uses an apparatus for each user identifier and each organization identifier; 
 and a CPU configured to function as:
 a reception unit that receives the user identifier; 
 an authentication unit that performs authentication processing by a verification of the first table in which the storage unit stores with respect to the user identifier which is received by the reception unit; 
 a registration unit that registers the user identifier in the second table and registers information indicating the organization identifier of the user or that the user does not belong to any organization based on the user information in the second table, when the user identifier which is received by the reception unit establishes an authentication by the authentication unit, and is not registered in the second table; and 
 a tabulation unit that performs tabulation processing of the usage amounts of a document with respect to the user identifier registered in the second table.